# CVE-2006-4994: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local attackers can gain privileges by placing malicious executables in unquoted Windows search paths used by XAMPP components.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Sep 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qmfr-7wrh-8x6g

## What is CVE-2006-4994?

CVE-2006-4994 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Sep 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Multiple unquoted Windows search path vulnerabilities in Apache Friends XAMPP 1.5.2 might allow local users to gain privileges via a malicious program file in %SYSTEMDRIVE%, which is run when XAMPP attempts to execute (1) FileZillaServer.exe, (2) mysqld-nt.exe, (3) Perl.exe, or (4) xamppcontrol.exe with an unquoted "Program Files" pathname.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-4994?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Apachefriends Xampp.

## How do I fix CVE-2006-4994?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-4994 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2006-4994 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-4994 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2019-8923](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-8923/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-29376](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29376/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-11107](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11107/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2009-0919](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-0919/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-0338](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0338/): Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in XAMPP (high 7.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-4994 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2006-4994 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Sep 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-4994 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-4994/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-4994/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-4994
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4994
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-4994

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